Once again, it seems, I've done very little of what I planned to do.
Surprisingly, what did happen was Minecraft. xD It was one of those moments, one of those moments...
I was captivated by the game when I left connor's house on friday, but after finding that it didn't work immediately, I just did some good stuff, like clean the house, did the laundry, took care of the dogs, etc.
But saturday, now that the house was clean, I delved into it a little bit more.
And the harder and harder it was to get to work, the more and more I tried to change my viewpoint, (To not feel guilty about taking so much time in doing it), that I was attempting to solve an incredibly complex problem, not just trying to play a videogame.
But even still, I put hours in; attempting to reroute Java, (must have downloaded, uninstalled, and reinstalled about 10 times), to unblock the cookies(used other java games such as runescape to prove that java was on, yet because of cookies that I was not allowed to unblock (even though security was set extremely low...I should fix that...), I was unable to get it to work.)...........
Eventually I just gave up, and the result was the last blog post, and me doing Wii Fit and having an excellantly healthy meal. However, as much as I tried, minecraft was still in the back of my head as a problem that hadn't yet been fixed. I went to sleep with missy cradled into my side while java, cookies, and minecarts flew through my head...
Sunday morning I gave it one last shot before entirely giving up (or at least I thought) and went to church.
There, Sis Anderson read us the passage about Peter, the fisherman, who has been unable to catch any fish in Luke 5: Jesus says, (vs. 4) "let down your nets for a draught." Peter says "Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net." [Note: this is exactly what I wrote in my journal]
{fish are found so abundantly, their nets break.}
"In the grand scheme of things do ANY of our little problems matter?
Will the Lord care?"
"Yes, He cares."
And when Peter saw it, he fell to his knees, before falling behind Jesus.
He gave up everything, even the fish at his feet.
It was such a basic lesson that I've been taught since Primary.
It was such a simple, unimportant VIDEO GAME that I wanted to play.
Yet...it was extremely difficult to be able to ask help for this...
But, in the end, I got down on my knees, and prayed to be able to play minecraft...
After my prayer, I took care of the dogs who had been whining the entire prayer, and moved the laundry, because I knew that prayers aren't always answered immediately.
But when I got back on the computer, guess what?.......
Within 20 minutes, I was playing a version of minecraft. And after I got back from grandparents a few hours later, I was playing the version that I had wanted to play all along.
(Grandparents was wonderful, btw, I arrived late, but we had ribs, delicious-pecan-strawberry-blueberry-blackberry-salad, yummy rolls, and cake and ice cream for birthdays)
As soon as I was sure that it had happened, and it wasn't simply an illusion, I hopped back down on my knees and thanked the Lord for answering my simple prayer.
Unfortunately, I just played it basically all day xD
*tsk tsk tsk*...so disappointed in myself...ah well...
I feel partially accomplished and that's good enough for me.
I'm going to have an incredibly week now, so hopefully I won't be impacted too badly from my lack of concentration:
Wed- (Night) Combined Trek Meeting.
Thur- (Day) Solo and Ensemble, (Night) 12 Angry Men
Fri- (Day) Jason's Cabin [Until tomorrow], (Night) Steel Magnolia's [not attending]
Sat- (Day) Jason's Cabin [Returning], (Night) Waltz Lesson, 12 Angry Men [either]
Mon- (Night) Steel Magnolia's
Tue- (Day) ACT
I'll write back on Tuesday Night, after all of this. Wish me luck.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
House and Dog-Sitting Weekend
Hmmm...I really have been avoiding you, Bloggy, haven't I?
Although this before to so many other people, I didn't mean to.
I just, kinda...did.
But, I'm making up for it now, alright?
I suppose that quite a lot occured between Prom and now, to be honest...
I'll do my best to give quick overviews of everything, and then get to what I've been meaning to do...
Umm....I still won't really write about Prom...again with the "ideas in head are great, suck in real life" thing, I'm not gonna write about it.
Went to the Church History Museum with Kyle, Nate, Tyler, and Ian on Wednesday, Feb 9th. Remind me to return that Comments slip that I took as we were leaving...
The ACT test was on Saturday, Feb 12. That's gonna be a good test, I was really focused and alert (also, I finished reading Annexed the night before, so I was ready for a lot of reading, comprehension, and grammar.) It was made very enjoyable by the fact that the proctor was Mr. Wood, [Who thankfully skipped over the cheating policy, only saying "You all know not to cheat, right? Right, let's move on."] and I had a chance to hang out with Teagan and Marissa at Panda afterwards.
Stake Conference was that same Saturday, and Sunday too. Though I missed the Saturday Session, I whole-heartedly enjoyed the Sunday General Session (I was actually sad to get up and leave :) ). In contrast, the Youth Session was a let-down. It was similar to a BYD, (Bishopric Youth Discussion), but the topics were rather bland, obvious, or simple. [Regardless, I took notes on what nearly every single person said.]
Last Wednesday (Feb 16) was a Gaming Party with a few of the Priests, Teachers, and later Deacons. Me and Mitchell still had two televisions set up, and two Xbox's, so we had fun playing a few races, but once again, mostly Halo on Halo.
And now you get to this weekend...The rest of the family is down in St. George for a soccer tournament. I stayed back with the not-yet-fixed-Fred, Molly, and Missy, and took care (am taking care of) the house. They left friday afternoon, and won't be back until monday afternoon.
So, yesterday, pretty much a few minutes after they left, I went over to Connor's to hang with him and Hudson, and Simon and Emmy were down there too. (320D301509602010 206 5DDC0 A09708 791010C0, 32010102050 A09708 502010, 1104 D5 A09708 815050C0).
Not too great of a way to start a working weekend -_-
Mainly because, the result of that was that I wanted to try out Minecraft when I got home. But that was riddled with problems- The upstairs computer blocked the site's cookies even I told it not to, and my computer lacks a video card? *confusion* (No it's not, this computer is a hand me down...)
And so, there goes last night and this morning........I have accomplished very little of my actual homework, though I did do a lot of cleaning, washing, ironing ( I even mended a pair of pants!!!)...I even did Wii Fit! (When I logged on, it records how days you've played, and how many days total it's been since you first joined...When I hopped on, it was exactly 1000 days total xD xD xD
I restarted though, to change my settings and records, etc.
I'm just going to put it down- By the end of my Senior Year, my goal is to achieve "Wellness" (Basically, Healthy:
-Reach a "Normal" BMI rating (It's like 27 or 26 ish, or 20 lbs less than I am right now.)
To do this:
-Eat a balanced diet (You should have seen my dinner, it was Awesome! [Ham and Cheese on Whole Wheat Bread, a serving size of Fritos, Banana, carrots and ranch, Water :)]
-Exercise regulary (I was thinking of getting a fitness journal or something like that, but Wii Fit has already been purchased, and despite a few lacking traits, is a very good method to record my fitness, be able to set goals, reach them, and make new ones.
-Sleep (I'm imposing a strict curfew on myself now, 10 p.m. to wake up at 5 a.m. [I can stay up after, but it can only be for scripture reading, journal writing, etc. and sleeping in will probably occur xD])
-THE SCHEDULE (Remember that awesomeness? Yeah...If I follow that, I'll be good xP)
Also, end of Senior Year- Perform Rhapsody in Blue for the Senior Talent Show
To achieve this:
-Play Piano Everyday (Regardless of what it is that I play, warm up, play something, and my fingers will be ready).
-Take 10 minutes whenever I play to work on new sections.
-Play through it only once, maybe twice- (Junior year, do this infrequently, but as a Senior, I should have learned all of the sections, and memorized them, just need to improve them)
We'll see how well the rest of this weekend goes....
Although this before to so many other people, I didn't mean to.
I just, kinda...did.
But, I'm making up for it now, alright?
I suppose that quite a lot occured between Prom and now, to be honest...
I'll do my best to give quick overviews of everything, and then get to what I've been meaning to do...
Umm....I still won't really write about Prom...again with the "ideas in head are great, suck in real life" thing, I'm not gonna write about it.
Went to the Church History Museum with Kyle, Nate, Tyler, and Ian on Wednesday, Feb 9th. Remind me to return that Comments slip that I took as we were leaving...
The ACT test was on Saturday, Feb 12. That's gonna be a good test, I was really focused and alert (also, I finished reading Annexed the night before, so I was ready for a lot of reading, comprehension, and grammar.) It was made very enjoyable by the fact that the proctor was Mr. Wood, [Who thankfully skipped over the cheating policy, only saying "You all know not to cheat, right? Right, let's move on."] and I had a chance to hang out with Teagan and Marissa at Panda afterwards.
Stake Conference was that same Saturday, and Sunday too. Though I missed the Saturday Session, I whole-heartedly enjoyed the Sunday General Session (I was actually sad to get up and leave :) ). In contrast, the Youth Session was a let-down. It was similar to a BYD, (Bishopric Youth Discussion), but the topics were rather bland, obvious, or simple. [Regardless, I took notes on what nearly every single person said.]
Last Wednesday (Feb 16) was a Gaming Party with a few of the Priests, Teachers, and later Deacons. Me and Mitchell still had two televisions set up, and two Xbox's, so we had fun playing a few races, but once again, mostly Halo on Halo.
And now you get to this weekend...The rest of the family is down in St. George for a soccer tournament. I stayed back with the not-yet-fixed-Fred, Molly, and Missy, and took care (am taking care of) the house. They left friday afternoon, and won't be back until monday afternoon.
So, yesterday, pretty much a few minutes after they left, I went over to Connor's to hang with him and Hudson, and Simon and Emmy were down there too. (320D301509602010 206 5DDC0 A09708 791010C0, 32010102050 A09708 502010, 1104 D5 A09708 815050C0).
Not too great of a way to start a working weekend -_-
Mainly because, the result of that was that I wanted to try out Minecraft when I got home. But that was riddled with problems- The upstairs computer blocked the site's cookies even I told it not to, and my computer lacks a video card? *confusion* (No it's not, this computer is a hand me down...)
And so, there goes last night and this morning........I have accomplished very little of my actual homework, though I did do a lot of cleaning, washing, ironing ( I even mended a pair of pants!!!)...I even did Wii Fit! (When I logged on, it records how days you've played, and how many days total it's been since you first joined...When I hopped on, it was exactly 1000 days total xD xD xD
I restarted though, to change my settings and records, etc.
I'm just going to put it down- By the end of my Senior Year, my goal is to achieve "Wellness" (Basically, Healthy:
-Reach a "Normal" BMI rating (It's like 27 or 26 ish, or 20 lbs less than I am right now.)
To do this:
-Eat a balanced diet (You should have seen my dinner, it was Awesome! [Ham and Cheese on Whole Wheat Bread, a serving size of Fritos, Banana, carrots and ranch, Water :)]
-Exercise regulary (I was thinking of getting a fitness journal or something like that, but Wii Fit has already been purchased, and despite a few lacking traits, is a very good method to record my fitness, be able to set goals, reach them, and make new ones.
-Sleep (I'm imposing a strict curfew on myself now, 10 p.m. to wake up at 5 a.m. [I can stay up after, but it can only be for scripture reading, journal writing, etc. and sleeping in will probably occur xD])
-THE SCHEDULE (Remember that awesomeness? Yeah...If I follow that, I'll be good xP)
Also, end of Senior Year- Perform Rhapsody in Blue for the Senior Talent Show
To achieve this:
-Play Piano Everyday (Regardless of what it is that I play, warm up, play something, and my fingers will be ready).
-Take 10 minutes whenever I play to work on new sections.
-Play through it only once, maybe twice- (Junior year, do this infrequently, but as a Senior, I should have learned all of the sections, and memorized them, just need to improve them)
We'll see how well the rest of this weekend goes....
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Prom
I went with Lela Richardson.
Umm, to be honest, I don't really want to tell you anything more. Generally, I'm fine with sharing personal and often private things with you, Monsier Bloggy, and it's not that I have to something to hide, it's just that...
The same way as an idea loses its grandeur when put to paper, the same I wish to do concerning this memory.
I hope you respect my decision.
Alex Clawson
Umm, to be honest, I don't really want to tell you anything more. Generally, I'm fine with sharing personal and often private things with you, Monsier Bloggy, and it's not that I have to something to hide, it's just that...
The same way as an idea loses its grandeur when put to paper, the same I wish to do concerning this memory.
I hope you respect my decision.
Alex Clawson
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
All Web Surfers to This Post!
I honestly just discovered the "stats" button of my blog...I was totally surprised.
This blog actually gets hits!
Now, I admit that I'm assuming most people are just surfing "The theory of antigravity" and come up with this junk "The Twilight"...
Or perhaps they're searching The Twilight Series and get "The Twilight"...
Regardless of whether you found this site on accident and immediately left it, or whether you took a moment to read, I'm extremely glad ^^
I had continued writing this thinking that no one ever read this. Apparently some do!
That just...made me very happy.
For those surfing though, here's an introduction for you, if you didn't get enough from the panel, and don't have time to filter through my life:
I am Alex Clawson. I am currently a student at Murray High School. I am currently 16 years old.
Although this blog is dedicated to my personal life for the moment, it may yet one day include my research on antigravity. I wish to become an Aerospace Engineer, and I personally believe that the secret to the harnessing of this power may yet be within our grasp, and my dream is to spearhead that research.
(Hm...That's kind of drastic, almost, in comparison to how I normally view myself and life. I suppose I just need a life goal, something driving me on each day.
I will continue to live and breathe my religion, but similarily to how I feel that I would benefit the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints the most with my musical talent, The only purpose I can see of myself in this world is that of being the master of gravity. I will prepare myself for the world to come to be the master and ruler of far more.)
An interesting combination of Religion and Science. If you believe this to be false or unholy, please read Angels and Demons (concerning the similar paths of Science and Religion- They're just two different paths to the same goal- Eternal Life, Mastery of Self and One's Environment, and then read Helaman 12:15 (concerning the understanding of the Lord's people far before any established civilization recognized the current setup of the universe) and this quote from The Objective of Seminary and Institute "The earth was not created from nothing; it was organized from existing matter."
And for those who wander here for the Literature aspect (Who searched "The Twilight Series"), I am going to follow another goal, but this is a goal that can never be finished yet started immediately. I am going to record everything.
I take wonderful notes in Seminary.
I take wonderful ntoes in School.
I hold on to all of my ticket stubs, programs, flyers, etc.
I am writing down stories and experiences in my journals.
I am going to compose a Personal Anthology of the Life of Alex Clawson.
It will include the full stories that will accompany my entires in the Three Word Journal. (Learn, Act, Share)
It will include full and accurate reports on movies, video games, books, plays, performances, and musicals that I attend.
I will either photocopy or insert my notes from the classes I've taken.
I will either insert or include my journals from all of these experiences, as well as yearbooks, efy notebooks, college journals, mission journals...
*sigh* and I suppose I am going to add in Physical goals in there somewhere, I just haven't really gotten around to figuring that out yet.
Why?
I get one life in this world. I'm going to live it like I had 7.
This blog actually gets hits!
Now, I admit that I'm assuming most people are just surfing "The theory of antigravity" and come up with this junk "The Twilight"...
Or perhaps they're searching The Twilight Series and get "The Twilight"...
Regardless of whether you found this site on accident and immediately left it, or whether you took a moment to read, I'm extremely glad ^^
I had continued writing this thinking that no one ever read this. Apparently some do!
That just...made me very happy.
For those surfing though, here's an introduction for you, if you didn't get enough from the panel, and don't have time to filter through my life:
I am Alex Clawson. I am currently a student at Murray High School. I am currently 16 years old.
Although this blog is dedicated to my personal life for the moment, it may yet one day include my research on antigravity. I wish to become an Aerospace Engineer, and I personally believe that the secret to the harnessing of this power may yet be within our grasp, and my dream is to spearhead that research.
(Hm...That's kind of drastic, almost, in comparison to how I normally view myself and life. I suppose I just need a life goal, something driving me on each day.
I will continue to live and breathe my religion, but similarily to how I feel that I would benefit the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints the most with my musical talent, The only purpose I can see of myself in this world is that of being the master of gravity. I will prepare myself for the world to come to be the master and ruler of far more.)
An interesting combination of Religion and Science. If you believe this to be false or unholy, please read Angels and Demons (concerning the similar paths of Science and Religion- They're just two different paths to the same goal- Eternal Life, Mastery of Self and One's Environment, and then read Helaman 12:15 (concerning the understanding of the Lord's people far before any established civilization recognized the current setup of the universe) and this quote from The Objective of Seminary and Institute "The earth was not created from nothing; it was organized from existing matter."
And for those who wander here for the Literature aspect (Who searched "The Twilight Series"), I am going to follow another goal, but this is a goal that can never be finished yet started immediately. I am going to record everything.
I take wonderful notes in Seminary.
I take wonderful ntoes in School.
I hold on to all of my ticket stubs, programs, flyers, etc.
I am writing down stories and experiences in my journals.
I am going to compose a Personal Anthology of the Life of Alex Clawson.
It will include the full stories that will accompany my entires in the Three Word Journal. (Learn, Act, Share)
It will include full and accurate reports on movies, video games, books, plays, performances, and musicals that I attend.
I will either photocopy or insert my notes from the classes I've taken.
I will either insert or include my journals from all of these experiences, as well as yearbooks, efy notebooks, college journals, mission journals...
*sigh* and I suppose I am going to add in Physical goals in there somewhere, I just haven't really gotten around to figuring that out yet.
Why?
I get one life in this world. I'm going to live it like I had 7.
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