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PS: Happy Easter! Yay for the Resurrection Sunday! *does the happy Easter dance*

]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/16328017/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/16328017/ Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:31:42 PST
"We love Romeo and Juliet because it's a passionate love story. We love The Lord of the Rings because it's a fantastic adventure. We love Sherlock Holmes because it's suspenseful mystery. We love The Hunchback of Notre Dame because it's touching tragedy. We love Rocky because a nice underdog wins, and we love Star Wars because an evil villain loses. We love the Gospel because it is all of the above.

"There is an epic drama unfolding on the stage of time. You and I are part of the cast. The play is written and directed by the Almighty himself. Every line, every scene, every twist, and every turn will culminate in the most amazing and satisfying conclusion ever performed. It is the tale all other seek to tell. Every love story was inspired by its romance; every adventure, its quest; every tragedy, its sorrow; and every comedy, its joy.

"Shakespeare was right; our world is a stage--and each of us, a player. But in the drama of life, we make real choices with real consequences. The stakes are very high because, unlike any other play, this drama does more than merely portray life and death. It is life and death."

]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/16139715/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/16139715/ Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:07:19 PST
This last semester, the fall semester of 2007, I went back to Hannibal-LaGrange College (HLG). I was a junior, even though the college said that, according to hours, I was still a sophomore. Grr....

Anyways, I was taking about 15 credit hours. On top of that, I was in the children's show, the props master for the musical, and I had work study that I had to do. Now, 15 hours may not seem like a whole lot, but trust me, these classes had about 1 1/2 hours worth of homework each night. I nearly died.

So, first there was the children's show. That was fine. Children's shows are fun. This year we did "Red vs. the Wolf". It's a re-telling of the fairy tell "Little Red Riding Hood" from the view of the wolf. I was Skunk. And I was cute. And I didn't smell.

So, after that, stuff for the musical "It's a Wonderful Life" started. I wasn't in it so I asked the director if she needed any help. I was soon made the props master. Now, I've never done anything like this before, so I was kinda excited. I love looking at old stuff.

Well, it wasn't what I thought it would be. We got a new theatre dept. leader thingy and she made us do, like, all of the work. So I had no idea what I was doing. That was part of the reason why I did so poorly in my school work. I was so exhausted because I went into this vicious cycle: get up at 7 to get ready for class at 8, have school stuff till about 10 at night. Stay up late working on homework, sleep for about 4 hours, repeat.

On top of all this, my surrogate grandmother died of ovarian cancer, and I got seriously messed up over that. I had known this women since I was four years old. I kinda got into the mind-set that she would be around forever.

*sighs* Anyways, so my grades started slipping. I started to miss classes. I knew I wasn't going to do very well this semester, but I was hoping that I wasn't doing that poorly.

So I come home and we get my grades. 2 "F"s and 2 "D"s. Ick. Which means, that even if I do go back, and even if I got straight "A"s, I would still be below a 3.0 and thus, I would lose my scholarship, so I wouldn't be able to go back to HLG anyways. No point in wasting money.

So, here I am at home. Right now I'm looking for a full-time job or a couple of part-time jobs. I want to save up enough money that I can get my own apt. but that will be quite a ways into the future. Living here in Des Moines is pretty expensive.

Also, near the end of the semester, I started my own production studio, Luna Productions. Most of you have seen the lovely logo that I created myself (with the help of Adobe Photoshop Elements). Basically, right now Luna Productions is there to help me get motivated to make "movies" and the like and get the word out there about me. Search for "lunaproductions07" at YouTube to see all that I've made thus far.

Well, I think that about covers it. See ya in the funnies!

]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/16050737/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/16050737/ Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:12:57 PST
I'm depressed 'cause I have no friends in town right now and so when they all go back to college after Christmas break, I'm going to be alone. Same thing I'll be doing that I did in the summer: Get up, go to work, come home, go back to bed. Rinse and repeat.

*sighs* Oh well, at least I have a camcorder now to make music videos and the like. :\

]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/14287105/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/14287105/ Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:43:18 PST
But (yes, the awful catch) you have to post this in your journal as well. Unless you already have it in your journal. That would be....weird.

EDIT: Now that I'm home to stay, I can do this. So comments are nice!

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]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/13628050/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/13628050/ Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:57:10 PDT really wanna see one from the New Testament, just lemme know.

And if you're just going to heckle or whatever, don't bother posting, I'll just delete as you aren't doing anything constructive.

]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/13604565/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/13604565/ Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:11:52 PDT
Well, I'm off. Going to wash my hair, eat, take out the trash, play Animal Crossing, and maybe work on a couple of my projects. See ya. ]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/13478664/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/13478664/ Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:23:32 PDT
The second project that I'm working on is a full-length play. It's basically all these stories from the Bible, from Creation to Armeggedon. The way I'm kinda bringing them across is that it makes the audience feel like they're actually at that event. Sure, because of time constraints, I won't be able to go into much detail of each of the stories, but I'll be able to get the main points across and make the stories come alive for the audiences.

The only problem that I'll run into, I think, is that I'm a very visual person and that comes out in my writing by me wanting a lot of special effects and lots of movement. That's going to be hard writing into a play, as it was for my one-act play. I think, if I ever get it done and get to see it onstage, that it will turn out awesome.

]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/13302074/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/13302074/ Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:53:41 PDT
I would really like to have soe things drawn out and since I'm not a visual artist, I need some help. I have everything in my head and I'm willing to work closely with the artist, so it's not just "Here's what I have in mind, now do it".

I'm sorry, but I'm not able to pay in any way, other then a big thank you and giving you credit for doing it for me.

If you are interested, I would appreciate that you send me an e-mail or a message telling me and lettin' me see a sample of your work.

Oh, I guess I'd better say what the drawings are going to be of....animals that I've made up in my mind.

So....any takers? *looks hopeful*

]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/13276438/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/13276438/ Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:13:16 PDT
In a city and surrounding area of 1/2 a million people, I have two people who I can call and one keeps telling me that we'll hang out but nothing comes of it and the other one is working as much as me and doesn't have a lot of time between working and planning for a wedding.

Which brings me to another topic, why does it seem that everyone around me is getting engaged, married, or having kids? I seem like I've been left behind. I know that God has a plan for me, but sometimes I wonder why He is making me wait like this? Is it because of my past sins with David or is it 'cause I'm not ready? I feel like I'm ready but I don't know. Just the other night I made an Asian cuisine for me and Jenks' 6 month anniversary so I know that I can cook pretty well....although looking around my room I can see where my cleaning habits need to be improved in, but I think part of that reason is that I don't feel motivated 'cause my life seems like it's Groundhog Day; the same thing over and over again, every day.

Well, I gotta run as I have work in a few. I'm still (kinda) working on that secret project that I hinted at earlier. Right now I'm fleshing some basic stuff out.

]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/13164078/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/13164078/ Thu, 31 May 2007 13:03:09 PDT
Whenever I have time, I'll post the one-act play that I wrote for Creative Dramatics and see what ya'll think. I like it but I think that it would work out better onstage then just someone reading it in a script. It looked cool in my head.

Also, I've started on a top-secret project. All I can say is that it's going to be very time consuming and hopefully the finished project will be to my liking. Another clue: it's a screenplay.

Also, if I find the time to be online, I'll post some information that I have on some of the worlds that I create in my spare time (like I have oh-so-much of it). I think I have two that I have majorly worked on so I'll be putting some of that up.

And just a random note: I *loved* POTC:At the World's End. Yay for multi-Sparrows. Bad thing to see with your bf sitting right next to you.

]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/12343904/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/12343904/ Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:27:45 PDT
Anyways....as I'm sitting here I just realized that I have green specks on my arm from College Theatre Studio aka Theatre Shop Class. Yeah, that was random, I know. I'm kinda tired although I had two naps today, granted neither one was over an hour.

I'm tired so I'm going to sign off for now. I'm sorry if I haven't said thank-you or anything if you've said something to me. It's the school's fault. When I'm home, I'll play catch-up. I promise.

]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/12232281/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/12232281/ Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:24:00 PDT
This summer, I'm thinking about, when I go to youth camp, teaching the drama ministry class (which I did last year) but I also think that I'm going to try being a family leader. Don't know what that is? Well lemme sum it up for you. At our youth camp we break the youth up into 3 different schools: Red (entering 7th-8th grade), Blue (entering 9th-10th grade), and Orange (entering 11th-just graduated H.S). Inside those schools they break up into family groups, which contain 5-8 kids with a male and female leader ("Mom" and "Dad"). There's one more school, the Purple school and that's where the executive staff are. I was in Purple school last year doing the drama class, being the gopher, and just helping out. Now, I think I'm ready to be a family leader. It will also be a test to see if I'm really called to youth ministry.

Well, I gotta run. Have some homework that needs to be done.

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]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/11115629/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/11115629/ Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:27:31 PST
Anyways, I've noticed that whenever a Christian says something out of line or says that something is wrong, they are labeled as bigots or overzealous or racist or something stupid like that. Yet, I've noticed that whenever another "minority" group says something bad about Christians they are applauded or nothing bad is said against them. Why is that? Is it because Christians are turning into the minority?

I don't think that's the problem. I think that Christians are still the majority, but the minorities are out-voicing us. In other words, they complain more, they have bigger mouths, thus everyone pays attention to them instead. Also, so many Christians have "fallen asleep" so to speak. They have stopped caring or they have been enjoying the pleasures of this world so much that they don't care about being a Christian anymore. They just carry their Chrisitianity around like a "Get out of Jail free" card. Except it's Hell that they're escaping from.

One thing I noticed is that if there's a huge cover-up thingy in a corporation, everyone freaks out for like a day and then it's over. If it's a Christian leader or an outspoken Christian in general, then every Christian is to blame and there's huge controversys over it.

And people wonder why America is going down the drain. Perhaps it's cause we say one thing and then do a different thing.

For example, the Iraqi war. I remember before the war, right after 9/11, how everyone was up in arms against terrorists and Osama Bin Laden. I know one of my friends was joining me in the chorus of "Let's bomb Sadaam". Yet, as soon as Pres. Bush declared war on Iraq, that same friend, and many like him, stated that they hated Bush and that the war was wrong. WTF?!

Another thing, did you know that it is against *national law* to protest a war while the war is going on? Stupid Americans....

Also, I know that many people didn't vote for Bush. Myself, I could not vote because I wasn't 18 at the time of the voting. Yet, we are a democratic republic. Yes, I know that is a long phrase for many of you out there, but let me put it into words that you'll understand. Basically, democratic means that every person has the opportunity to vote for who they want to and their voice will be heard. A republic means that we choose people to represent us and our voices in the government.

So, even if you didn't vote for Bush either time, too bad. You lost. The majority rules. And there's no point in complaining about it 'cause being a loud minority in this case doesn't help. It just makes you look stupid and you get annoying real fast. If you don't like this country, then move somewhere else. It's not that difficult to figure out.

And yes, I understand that most Americans are stupid, I mean, you just need to sit in a Wal-Mart for a day and you will want to shoot yourself just from the stupidity.

Well, I think I'm going to end this rant before anyone decides to burn a cross in my front lawn. Ta-ta.

]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/11075390/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/11075390/ Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:54:32 PST
His name is Jenks and he goes to school with me. The scary thing is him meeting my family, but I'm sure he'll survive.

]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/9844769/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/9844769/ Thu, 24 Aug 2006 22:01:51 PDT ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/9125764/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/9125764/ Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:29:49 PDT
I know these must be questions that one asks when they're on their death bed, but yet, sometimes I wonder. How many of us lie down at night, just going to sleep like we always do, never knowing that that is our death bed. That that could be the last peaceful sleep that we ever have.

Yeah, real deep subject, I know. But then, there's this issue that keeps popping up in my mind. Of the past...of the future. I'm not too concerned with the present at the moment. But let's start with the past.

It just seems like yesterday when I was a part of the Pentagon. What's the Pentagon, you ask? Well, it was a group of five of us. We all hung out and did all these fun things together. You should have seen the birthday parties that we threw for each other. There was one time when we kidnapped one of our own, blindfolded her, put her in handcuffs and threw her into one of the vans of our parents. Drove her around like that till we came to the bowling alley. We made her walk inside like that. Heh, she fell down the stairs, too.

I smile as I write this and my eyes are beginning to mist. Such fond memories of days long past. I have 2 T-shirts hanging in my closet to remind me of such times. Those were the good ol’ days. Nothing could separate us. We had a fond saying about men, “If he breaks your heart, we’ll break his legs.” ‘Course you could substitute several body parts, but that was the most well known.

Little did I know that we would break ourselves from the inside out…

I don’t know when it started exactly. At the beginning of our Junior year, I believe. One of us began separating themselves from us. At the time none of us knew why. Now I know. She saw what was happening and decided to get out of there. If only the rest of us saw the warning signs.

Two of us had started hanging out more and more together…by themselves…without the rest of the group. I, for one, felt a bit hurt by this. I wanted to be included as well, because, besides the Pentagon, I didn’t have that many friends. I tried to fit in with them, but it didn’t work out as well as I had planned.

I'll stop here for now. My brain is tired from all this and I still have to use it for stuff on Santharia. I'll continue this at another point. ]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/8107338/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/8107338/ Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:50:09 PST

Other then that, I'm on spring break. Fun, fun. ]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/7533338/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/7533338/ Sat, 07 Jan 2006 07:33:23 PST
~Shy~ ]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/6313918/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/6313918/ Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:06:46 PDT ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/5147902/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/5147902/ Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:43:15 PDT ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/4057209/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/4057209/ Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:38:20 PST
Strange how many things go together just to get the right people together. Like moving me 6 hours away to a different state. Like making me choose the totally wrong first 2 boyfriends (Ok, so I don't think that mattered much but still). I dunno. I'll just shut up and go away and think happy thoughts of David. ]]> ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/3567602/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/3567602/ Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:54:46 PDT ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/2450735/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/2450735/ Mon, 17 May 2004 18:56:49 PDT ~HiddenWithin http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/2357770/ http://HiddenWithin.deviantart.com/journal/2357770/ Tue, 04 May 2004 11:13:15 PDT ~HiddenWithin