LESSON 16: DATING SISTERS
Don't. This is really your worst idea you ever had. Sisters (also best friends (Kassie)) have a code: if he asks her out, you have no future. Simple enough. And yet, you'd be surprised how many times sneaky boys try to share.
I'm sorry guys, do think we don't talk?
Story 1. Kassie and I went to a wedding reception together, boy comes up and tries to flirt with both of us, then says "hey so, maybe I could get both your numbers?" Hahahahahaha. He didn't get either.
Story 2. I go out with a boy: Jose, whom had come over and met Kassie the night before. On our date, he asks me about Kassie the whole time. This date was cut very short and I never saw him again. That same night, she goes out on a first date with a boy: Yards, and he tried to kiss her--however, being the classy lady she is, she didn't kiss him. Then, she leaves the next morning to go visit her family, and Yards comes over that night and tries to kiss me. Like I didn't know that he had taken her out and tried to kiss her the night before? Like I would ever do anything to hurt Kassie? Like I wouldn't instantly relay exactly what happened the moment I saw her? Poor boy was in our ward, couldn't even make eye contact with us for a month.
Story 3. Most recently--boy texts my sister, messages me on facebook, takes out 2 of my roommates, and cuddles with the other. All at the same time. I want to say he wins for worst played. I watched everything happen, and man, did really get it from my sister.
When I was a kid, I was probably one of the ugliest girls you would ever see. Ages 9-14 were pretty rough. The awkward years hit some of us harder than others. And as a result, for years, all of the boys I liked, liked my older sister Rachel. In fact, I remember the boys used to ask me "when we are older, do you think you'll look like Rachel? Because if you do, we should hook up." Now, as a fragile middle schooler, I was quite traumatized, and vowed then and there that if any boy asked out my sister or showed any kind of interest in her, I would never have interest in them. Of course, as I got a little older and more mature, the whole premise of loyalty took over, but regardless, if he doesn't want my attention first, he doesn't get it ever.
Now, these are not all the stories, for that list is much too long and my ADD is---oh! Butterfly!
So, in conclusion, ladies and gentlemen, what have we learned from these anecdotes? Best friends talk. No matter how suave or charming you think you are, I promise if you try to date girls that are as tight knit and quality as my sisters/Kassie and I, you are going to wind up alone and humiliated, because none of us are passive enough to let you off the hook that easily. If you date best friends/sisters and get away with it...well, you probably deserve each other.
But that's just one lady's opinion...
Monday, January 14, 2013
Saturday, January 5, 2013
We the People
"We the People of the United
States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure
domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general
Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do
ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America"
If you are looking for a noncontroversial, quippy dating lesson, you'll want to skip this post. I write this because I feel our rights as stated by the Constitution are being endangered, and I want to write this because I still have the freedom of speech. Now, some of you read that last line and undoubtedly rolled your eyes, but are our rights to bear arms (working on that post) and freedom of religion not being attacked at this very moment? If you don't agree, here's a little education.
"Hobby Lobby, a Christian-owned and run company, is fighting back against a judge’s decision siding with the Obama administration saying that it has the right to force it to pay for drugs for women that may cause abortions.
The privately held retail chain with more than 500 arts and crafts stores in 41 states filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its HHS mandate. The company says it would face $1.3 million in fines on a daily basis starting in January if it fails to comply with the mandate, which requires religious employers to pay for or refer women for abortion-cause drugs that violate their conscience or religious beliefs"--(view the whole story here)
1.3 million in fines every day for standing for what they believe in. Hobby Lobby is almost sure to go out of business, I'd guess before the month is up. Do we sit back and let the government shut down every business who holds true to their beliefs?
"A new Rasmussen Reports poll shows Americans narrowly support allowing businesses and religious organizations to opt out of the controversial HHS mandate that compels them to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 46% of Likely U.S. Voters feel that if providing such coverage violates the deeply held beliefs of a church, religious organization or business owner, they should be allowed to opt out of providing coverage for contraceptives."--LifeNews, Poll: Americans Support Religious Exemption for HHS Mandate.
If this article's numbers are correct, and the majority of the American people are not in favor of making these companies enforce healthcare which includes paying for drugs that can induce abortions, how can President Obama rightfully usurp and undermine the will of the people?
Liberty University is challenging the requirement that people must obtain health insurance or pay a penalty and provisions requiring employers to offer health care for their employees. It is also challenging the controversial HHS mandate that has been a subject of more than 40 lawsuits.
Said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, “Congress exceeded its power by forcing every employer to provide federally mandated insurance. But even more shocking is the abortion mandate, which collides with religious freedom and the rights of conscience...
“ObamaCare is the biggest funding of abortion in American history. ObamaCare will for the first time require employers and individuals to directly fund abortion. This abortion mandate collides with religious freedom and the rights of conscience.”
Personally, I believe that as soon as conception happens, a spirit is sent to grow physically--already a person, no matter how small or undeveloped it is. And that person has a right to life. Therefore, I view abortion as murder. So to fund ObamaCare through taxes, or for those business owners to be forced to pay for anything that infringes upon their core beliefs, as human beings, is unconstitutional.
It's not about abortion--it's about a violation of the rights of the American people. It's about freedom. This government "of the people, by the people, for the people" is here to serve us, to protect us, not to enslave us to their own decisions and desires. If we aren't aware, active, we will watch this country tear itself apart, until our very Constitution is hanging by a thread.
“Inspired by the “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day” promoted this past August by Governor Mike Huckabee, a similar grassroots initiative has cropped up in the past few days at www.StandWithHobbyLobby.com. The Facebook-driven campaign has already collected more than 18,000 people who have pledged to shop at the store on Saturday.
“On Saturday, January 5th, all Americans who value freedom of religion and oppose the HHS Mandate’s unfair impositions upon religious individuals and corporate entities are called upon to show their support for Hobby Lobby by shopping either at their local retail Hobby Lobby store or online,” organizer Joe Grabowski told LifeNews.
The people came together to support Chick-fil-A, and now we are coming together to support Hobby Lobby. We are a resilient people, and we deserve a government who listens to us, to respects us, who protects us, not that dictates how we live.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
If you are looking for a noncontroversial, quippy dating lesson, you'll want to skip this post. I write this because I feel our rights as stated by the Constitution are being endangered, and I want to write this because I still have the freedom of speech. Now, some of you read that last line and undoubtedly rolled your eyes, but are our rights to bear arms (working on that post) and freedom of religion not being attacked at this very moment? If you don't agree, here's a little education.
"Hobby Lobby, a Christian-owned and run company, is fighting back against a judge’s decision siding with the Obama administration saying that it has the right to force it to pay for drugs for women that may cause abortions.
The privately held retail chain with more than 500 arts and crafts stores in 41 states filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its HHS mandate. The company says it would face $1.3 million in fines on a daily basis starting in January if it fails to comply with the mandate, which requires religious employers to pay for or refer women for abortion-cause drugs that violate their conscience or religious beliefs"--(view the whole story here)
1.3 million in fines every day for standing for what they believe in. Hobby Lobby is almost sure to go out of business, I'd guess before the month is up. Do we sit back and let the government shut down every business who holds true to their beliefs?
"A new Rasmussen Reports poll shows Americans narrowly support allowing businesses and religious organizations to opt out of the controversial HHS mandate that compels them to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 46% of Likely U.S. Voters feel that if providing such coverage violates the deeply held beliefs of a church, religious organization or business owner, they should be allowed to opt out of providing coverage for contraceptives."--LifeNews, Poll: Americans Support Religious Exemption for HHS Mandate.
If this article's numbers are correct, and the majority of the American people are not in favor of making these companies enforce healthcare which includes paying for drugs that can induce abortions, how can President Obama rightfully usurp and undermine the will of the people?
Liberty University is challenging the requirement that people must obtain health insurance or pay a penalty and provisions requiring employers to offer health care for their employees. It is also challenging the controversial HHS mandate that has been a subject of more than 40 lawsuits.
Said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, “Congress exceeded its power by forcing every employer to provide federally mandated insurance. But even more shocking is the abortion mandate, which collides with religious freedom and the rights of conscience...
“ObamaCare is the biggest funding of abortion in American history. ObamaCare will for the first time require employers and individuals to directly fund abortion. This abortion mandate collides with religious freedom and the rights of conscience.”
Personally, I believe that as soon as conception happens, a spirit is sent to grow physically--already a person, no matter how small or undeveloped it is. And that person has a right to life. Therefore, I view abortion as murder. So to fund ObamaCare through taxes, or for those business owners to be forced to pay for anything that infringes upon their core beliefs, as human beings, is unconstitutional.
It's not about abortion--it's about a violation of the rights of the American people. It's about freedom. This government "of the people, by the people, for the people" is here to serve us, to protect us, not to enslave us to their own decisions and desires. If we aren't aware, active, we will watch this country tear itself apart, until our very Constitution is hanging by a thread.
“Inspired by the “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day” promoted this past August by Governor Mike Huckabee, a similar grassroots initiative has cropped up in the past few days at www.StandWithHobbyLobby.com. The Facebook-driven campaign has already collected more than 18,000 people who have pledged to shop at the store on Saturday.
“On Saturday, January 5th, all Americans who value freedom of religion and oppose the HHS Mandate’s unfair impositions upon religious individuals and corporate entities are called upon to show their support for Hobby Lobby by shopping either at their local retail Hobby Lobby store or online,” organizer Joe Grabowski told LifeNews.
The people came together to support Chick-fil-A, and now we are coming together to support Hobby Lobby. We are a resilient people, and we deserve a government who listens to us, to respects us, who protects us, not that dictates how we live.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
begin again
This past year was incredibly hard.
Countless times I got on my knees and just poured my heart out to my Father in Heaven, asking Him to help me, to lift me, and without fail, every time, He did. Our Father's love is never out of reach.
Admittedly though, some of the things I went through, for whatever reason, I have not been able to move past. Until now. (Nothing like waiting til the very end of the year eh? I'm a master procrastinator. #reallybadatbeingserious #everyonehateshashtags)
For those of you who know me well, you'll know I have a good friend serving his mission currently in Washington named Landon. I've known him for years, and he even broke my nose once...but I digress. The point is, Landon sends out a weekly email with videos and little messages, just so he can bear his testimony to some friends and family back home. They are all really wonderful, Landon has such a powerful testimony, and this week's in particular really struck a cord with me. I just want to share with you the video and what he had to say about it:
so, i hope you were able to feel the power in that message. this came out last year and just stuck with me so much that i still remembered it and wanted to share it with you all. Don't look back. if you are having a hard time leaving something behind, how much harder can you make it by continuing to stare at it. and how much harder is it to go forward and stay on a good path and do good things while walking backwards or all sideways and awkward with your neck all crooked. we're designed physically as we are intentionally and i think there is a reason we can only look one direction at a time. i believe we can take hints and learn something about our spiritual, emotional selves by considering all that.
so, it's not a new principle, but i hope you'll consider it again, especially at this time when new beginnings are on everybody's minds. and maybe watch that video again, and apply what they are saying to you.
i promise you, people, you, do have the power to change.
i love you all.
-Elder Newton
Happy New Year everyone!
No regrets. It's time to begin again. After all, "no one ever gets to see what could have been."
we always make the cutest faces