Merry belated Christmas

2000 years ago this week,
my best friend was born

I wish Christmas was everyday

saber toothed tiger

painted this for my apartment

the fortune that i got this week

Becky introduced me to sewing on canvas

(it says MORE OF YOU & LESS OF ME- my everyday/all of the time prayer)

a yellow power ranger trading card came in the mail today

Saber-toothed tiger attack

I'M HOME!!! AND ITS CHRISTMAS TIME! Nothing could be better... I am feeling extremely thankful today. I'm finally done with finals! Mary and Kristina picked us up and made for the shortest and hands-down most exciting 6 hour road trip of all time. Kristina has a new app on her phone where you record your voice and you can change it to like a million different sounds. We were dying it was so awesome. And now.. I will go to sleep happy and ready for all of the adventures that this month at home has to offer.

peace homedog

katie

yah

tiniest bananas that anyone has ever eaten
we needed them

"I’VE GOT TWO DAUGHTERS WHO WILL HAVE

TO MAKE THEIR WAY IN THIS SKINNY-OBSESSED WORLD,

AND IT WORRIES ME, BECAUSE I DON’T WANT THEM TO BE

EMPTY-HEADED, SELF-OBSESSED, EMACIATED CLONES;

I’D RATHER THEY WERE INDEPENDENT, INTERESTING,

IDEALISTIC, KIND, OPINIONATED, ORIGINAL, FUNNY –

A THOUSAND THINGS, BEFORE ‘THIN’. AND FRANKLY,

I’D RATHER THEY DIDN’T GIVE A GUST OF STINKING CHIHUAHUA FLATULENCE

WHETHER THE WOMAN STANDING NEXT TO THEM HAS FLESHIER KNEES THAN THEY DO.

LET MY GIRLS BE HERMIONES, RATHER THAN PANSY PARKINSONS.

LET THEM NEVER BE STUPID GIRLS."

-j.k. rowling

Ruth

I studied the book of Ruth this week for a short story essay in my English class-mainly chapter 3. and OH MY GOSH.. if you haven't read it, go. read it. I feel like it upped this weeks significance because it had such an impact on me.

In chapter 3,( this is after Ruth and Naomi lost everything, and Ruth makes a promise to follow and take care of Naomi. She leaves her family and home and religion and takes upon herself everything that Naomi believes and follows her to her to a totally different country-yikes.. I can't even imagine.)

Naomi shares her desire for Ruth to be happy and loved once again. She tells Ruth that she needs to go present herself to Boaz. Naomi gives Ruth instructions as to how to prepare herself to meet with Boaz. She then tells Ruth to go to the threshing floor, where Boaz was protecting the harvested grain. She was to uncover his feet and lie down, which symbolized commitment and submission. Ruth needed to be redeemed, so she went to her kinsman (which pretty much means the only person capable of saving, taking care of, redeeming ect.) and humbled herself before Him and waited for Him to respond. I feel like we need to follow Ruth ... We need to be redeemed over and over again... but it is almost like we forget the process. First, we need to prepare ourselves to enter into His presence. James talks about the fact that we need to have clean hands and pure hearts. Next we need to fall at His feet in faith and surrender ourselves, our dreams, our passions, our desires... then we need to wait on Him.

It's been hard trying to figure out what it means for me to fully surrender all of these things to Christ... but just like Ruth, I want to be made new.

The next couple of verses say that when Boaz noticed that Ruth was there, he was pleased. He called her a woman of excellence. ... and then they get married later and have a kid and their family ends up being a part of the Genealogy of Jesus blahblahblah...

but I just think its so cool that this amazing love story is a picture of our relationship with Jesus.

holga

my sister got this holga camera for christmas,

and i have been trying to save the film because i only have

3 rolls of 12 shots each. the anticipation was killing me.. i used

one of the rolls randomly while i was home for fall break.

I know i could have taken more interesting pictures, but it just

shows how unbelievably awesome this camera is that,

even with the lack of creativity, the picture is really cool!

here are a few examples of what i want to do with the last two rolls (whether or not i can pull it off is a different story):

i miss my best friend.

you know how most best friends have like... secret handshakes or best and friends necklaces?

we have hula dancers.

i guess that its weird, but i miss my best friend more than usual lately. i feel like if she moved here, school would be so much easier on every level.. i would have more fun, go on more adventures, meet more people... i sound pathetic.

whatever...

anyway, today was a pretty great day. the choir that i am in sang for campus church tonight! it was awesome.. and huge. i honestly still cannot believe that i am here and able to be a small part of something so huge. .. speaking of huge, my school is so big that we have our own chic fil a. and barnes and noble. i had my group piano lesson today... oh my goodness. my professor, dr. suttles, has to think that i am like mentally handicapped or something. i feel like he looks at me like i am five everytime it is my turn to play a piece. today i had to play boogie woogie and i thought i did pretty great! but, he laughed! what??! it was ok, because i know that i really am trying hard. it is just going to take alittle while. my first piano goal is to be able to play the scientist... soon. very soon.

ps... why is it that the LU campus band seems to be like famous? i think its so dumb.. but even i stare when i seem them in public.. its like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs.

really awesome verse today: 2Cor 7:5-7.

are you the kind of person that likes to people watch? if so.. are you also the kind of person that thinks everyone looks like someone else that you know like your uncle mark, or the kid from clarissa explains it all.... if so, we should be friends and observe strangers together. i swear, i saw my 4th grade teacher Miss Zawaski, and a young danny devito today while i was walking through this tunnel that takes me to all of my classes, and seems to get longer and more echo-ey everyday...

well, i am sleepy and i have a 7:40 class tomorrow morning.

goodnight

the perks of being a wallflower

so, new school. i never knew that would mean what it means here. there are things that i love and things that i dont understand. i love meeting new people everyday.. i love that there are so many hidden rooms and i get lost all of the time, like hogwarts... i love my room and my quadand all of my room mates.. i love my brother dorm... i love the musicandconvo and my classes and the coffee shops and downtown.. there are so many good things.. andyet, there are so many things that are the kind of new that make a person feel like theyjust want to be home for a little while.. like the fact that i feel somisunderstood sometimes, and the fact that this is the first place that no one knows to make fun of me every time they hear the song "twinkle twinkle little star" and that i have to re-introduce myself and choose betweensaying "philly" or "philadelphia" every day. ... obnoxious. or feeling like the new kid still.. or sucking at music theory even after tutoring. it kind of hit me this week.. that i am just another person here. nothing special, just a wallflower observing and trying to find a comfort zone and a place to grow and thrive.

and then.. right in the midst of my negative nancy complain-fest, I was reminded that God is so much BIGGER than my downer days and my insecurities and my uncomfortable current situation. and i remembered that i was not called to be comfortable.

[James 1:2 Consider it Joy my sister when you face trials of many kinds...the testing of your faith develops perseverance.]

Thankyou, un-named encourager.

so i found some things that make me happy.

the beach that i grew up going to with my family and cousins.

who else had this book? ... i love making and receiving friendship bracelets

brett and jemaine

guilty pleasure.

sega genesis: tiny toon adventures. If you dont know, you don't deserve to.

ya.... i just loved this picture.

my room and escape from the chaos.

kristen partin photography and reminiscing England.

extra credit

I wore a starwars tshirt to class today and my teacher gave me extra credit. Good day.

listening to noah and the whale.
loving everything about summer.
excited about what i next....

weddings

i have been watching my best friends wedding twice a day in preparation for this season of all of my friends getting married. first... KK my cousin caley christine milas KING. her wedding was beautiful! the dance party was BANGIN. I think I cried five times. yesterday we were pretending to be power rangers (she always made me be the yellow chinese girl power ranger. SABER TOOTH TIGER. while she was the cute pink one.) and now she is married .. to Tom King. woah. im so happy for them even though my words sound like im angry an angry single bitter cousin ahah. they are so wonderful, and i cant wait for them to get back from Jamaica. the next wedding is in Idaho- but its actually going to be prom. prom '10. cant WAIT. evacuate the dance floor.

befriend spontaneity

go! do something crazy today.

If I could do anycrazything right now... in this very moment (which is presently being consumed with studying for exams, packing, and making wedding presents for my cousin)... I would go paint balling-except not the painful aggressive paintball, I am talking about the paintball from movie 10things I hate about you where you throw paint baloons instead of shooting paint bullets. Or I would go to the Philadelphia zoo. or the beach or Costa Rica or Jacksonville or Africa or Greece or everyother place that I would MUCH RATHER BE in this very moment. but, instead I am multitasking and telling you all about it. SO, allow me to live vicariously through you.... live spontaneously today.

Listen to katietrinkles Playlist

everything is crazy right now.

everything changes soon.

everything is beautiful even when the tears are falling i don't need a miracle to believe and even in the crashing down i can hear redemption calling and everything is beautiful to me.

If you've gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care— then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends. Don't push your way to the front; don't sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don't be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.phil2:3-4

rainy day

ps... that blog has nothing at all to do with any recent situations.... so don't read into it. just a great movie. WATCH it!

orange popsicle

hi

the only thing that i want to do right now is scream...
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

so much better. you should try it. but im not going to lie, its not as effective as the real thing.
this week has been.... well, its been like a popsicle on a summer day. the popsicle is your favorite. its orange and extra delicious. SO delicious in fact that you savor it, and try to make it last. You don't realize how stiflingly hot it is outside because you are too busy focusing on whether or not you want the orange frozen goodness. before you know it, the popsicle melts leaving your hands sticky and heart missing what it was holding two seconds ago. but no worries... atleast i still have the stick with a witty joke....all is good. i have the best friends in the world.