Random Awesome

I am so drawing awesome mustaches on my all of my pencils!!!

(next time I get plain wood ones that is)

Ideals of Beauty

"All of us Karamazovs are like that, and in you [Alyosha], an angel, the same insect [sensuality] lives and stirs up storms in your blood. Storms, because sensuality is a storm, more than a storm! Beauty is a fearful and terrible thing! Fearful because it's undefinable, and it cannot be defined, because here God gave us only riddles. Here the shores converge, here all contradictions live together. I'm a very uneducated man, brother, but I've thought about it a lot. So terribly many mysteries! Too many riddles oppress man on earth. Solve them if you can without getting your feet wet. Beauty! Besides, I can't bear it that some man, even with a lofty heart and the highest mind, should start from the ideal of the Madonna and end with the ideal of Sodom. It's even more fearful when someone who already has the ideal of Sodom in his soul does not deny the ideal of the Madonna either, and his heart burns with it, verily, verily burns, as in his young, blameless years. No, man is broad, even too broad, I would narrow him down. Devil knows what to make of him, that's the thing! What's shame for the mind is beauty al over for the heart. Can there be beauty in Sodom? Believe me, for the vast majority of people, that;s just where beauty lies--did you know that secret? The terrible thing is that beauty is not only fearful but also mysterious. Here the devil is struggling with God, and the battlefield is the human heart."

-The Brothers Karamazov (Book III. Chpt. 3)

I have a feeling that this will be one of many quotes that I shall be posting from this novel. Truly amazing.

Ten

I saw my friends on Facebook trying this so I thought I would give it a go:

Ten Random Things About Me

[1] If I had to chose one "style" of clothing to wear for the rest of my life, it would be steampunk. totally.
[2] I would like to adopt a greyhound someday.
[3] I think Henry Tilney is one of the best literary characters. I named my car after him. :D
[4] I'm trying to learn Japanese. It may take longer than I thought.
[5] I love acting. If I thought I could make money doing it, I would totally become a professional actress.
[6] I used to be one of the shortest people in my class. Then I hit Junior High....
[7] Art and film are two of my passions.
[8] I'm allergic to cats, which is problematic because I actually really like cats.
[9] I am a Trekie. Star Trek: The Original Series is freaking awesome.
[10] I like to sing and dance while doing the dishes.

Nine Places I've Visited

Washington D.C
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
San Francisco
Virginia
Atlanta, Georgia
Minneapolis
Monterey, California
Bakersfield, California!!!!!
ummm..... Los Angeles, California..... can you tell I haven't traveled much?


Eight Things I Want to Do Before I Die

#1 Find an occupation that I love
#2 Find an awesome and Godly man to share my life with
#3 Live in England because of the rain.... and the awesome accents...
#4 Perform a lead role in a Shakespeare play
#5 Travel somewhere by train
#6 Shout from the top of a really tall building
#7 Hand-feed a wild animal
#8 Participate in a flash-mob event

Seven Ways To Win My Heart

one. Love the Lord with all your heart
two. Laugh (a lot).
three. Be willing to be super silly
four. Love art, film, literature and discussing all of these subjects
five. Be honest
six. Love my friends and family
seven. Play an instrument or sing

SIX.things.I.believe.in.

{1} Christ
{2} Goodness
{3} Truth
{4} Beauty
{5} Art
{6} Humanity

Five Things I'm Afraid Of

1. Failing at Life
2. Darkness
3. Asking people for favors
4. Country Music!!! AUGHH!!
5. Rather large insects

F.O.U.R. Of My Favorite Bands/Singers

1! Sufjan Stevens
2! Cat Stevens
3! Andrew Bird
4! Jethro Tull

Three Things I Do Everyday

<1> Breathe
<2> Eat
<3> Read

Two Of The Best Feelings

un. Knowing that God has not abandoned you even in your darkest hour
deux. That you have accomplished something challenging or something meaningful

One Quote to Live By

1. "To serve any discipline of art is to affirm meaning, despite all the ambiguities and tragedies and misunderstandings which surround us." - Madeline L'Engle

Rest in Peace

Patrick McGoohan

(March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009)

May his legacy live on. Be seeing you.