Five Foods for Thought

Jealous?  Me?  Never.  What would I be jealous of?

Nothing whatever!  In Queen of Hearts fashion!

At any rate, here's the big five.

1) I greatly enjoy Sweet'n'Sour Chicken, courtesy of Rose Garden.  If you've never been to their place, you're missing out on some of the very best Chinese food ever, especially since this is at a low price and great quality.  Visit 'em, peeps!

2) My mom's homemade Chicken Adobo, with a bunch of extra garlic.  I could eat the garlic out of it an that alone, as it tastes that savory.  Also, who wouldn't like a dish that's so salty it doesn't go bad when you leave it out? =D (I promise that is one of a desolately small number of smileys/emoticons you will see on my blog.  My blag.  Whatever you'd prefer to call it.  Writing shouldn't need them to express emotion, hence my lack of using them.  However, with food, it's hard to express quite how much I like it.  Eh, I'll work on it.)

3) Coffeecake.  'Nuff said.  It doesn't really matter what kind, it's good.

4) Also, scones.  Any kind is tasty, any kind is delectable and acceptable to me.

5) Dang, it's hard to keep it to only five.  I have so many favorite foods.  Considering everything I could put in here, though...I'd say I would have to go with a good chocolate-dipped Dairy Queen's ice cream cone.  Delish!

And there we have five foods.  Though, there's so much variety out there, I'm sure I have favorite foods I haven't even discovered yet.  At any rate, I will call these my favorite foods for today and leave it at that.

As for jealousy...it's a rotten thing to deal with.  If only I could put it to death with a solid rubber mallet, but of course not; that would be too easy.  Oh, Lord, save me from letting myself be controlled by feelings.  They're not words, they're not all we have to go on, and there is a better way.  If only I could discover it, eh?  And, honestly, there's no need to be jealous.  Why should I be jealous of someone else's happiness?  I'd rather be jealous for their happiness, to guard it, to keep it and treasure it as the precious thing it is.  That way, it'd be a constructive outlet for jealous, don't you think?

It's alright for now, though.  God knows that I'm still a me in the works, and thank Him that I'm not God - I probably would have struck me dead by now out of pure frustration.

And that's all for now, folks.

Cheerio, toodles, give us a squatch, and good night to all!

~Fumble

Melancholy Shades of Greens and Oranges

Soundtrack(s): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd3FX37mBt8 then http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCydQm83cJQ

Look at me, posting again in one day!  I'm getting good, right?

Actually...perhaps not.  I just happen to have thing better to do that I can force myself to do right this time.  Also, I finished a wonderful preteen's fantasy novel, and realized how good it really was...you don't tend to find very good fiction in the teen section anymore(or, at least, I don't).  It's all black and vampires and werewolves, and maybe a few fallen angels amongst the ruins.  I'm pretty tired of it, so I don't tend to look there as much anymore.  Preteen section is safer, and honestly, I find they have better stories in terms of romance.  Yeah, it's still there to some extent, but it's actually palatable, instead of disgustingly central to the story.  It's still fairly hard to find.  Maybe I'll do some sort of book-a-month sort of thing.  Or, I just may write it down after I read it...y'know, when I get the drive to.  Heh.  Yeah.  Drive.

Or I could just do it now!  Beat the loneliness and daydreamer's depression beasties, and write up a book review!  Are you ready?  Here it comes!

The Waterstone ~ Rebecca Rupp

A sort of coming-of-age story about a young boy, Tad.  He hears a strange, terrifying voice, and water starts to disappear from his pond and surrounding the forest.  He, his father, Pondleweed, and his sister, Birdie, set out to find why this is, if it is happening elsewhere, and if so, then why and what they can do about it.  Thus a journey is started.  Along the way, Tad makes many friends and grows up a bit, too; he learns that life isn't always what you want it to be, but you keep going, you press through, and eventually there will be a sunny day, a good day.  I won't tell you the rest, since that would spoil it, but it's got a clean rating from me - no sex, no swearing(unless you consider "fish pee" etc. swearing), and minimal romance(honestly, it's just the boy commenting on how pretty a girl is, that's about it).  Yeah, it's a preteen novel, so your children would enjoy it, but I quite liked it as well.  It's refreshing, and perfectly paced; not too fast, not too slow.  It has some very good themes, but is relatively down-to-earth for a fantasy novel.  One of my personal favorites for the last few years, since I first read it.  I'd recommend it for all ages.

There, see?  I went and did it.  Good for me, huzzah and all that.  I even have a soundtrack for it.  It's funny, I was originally going to post something on how depressed(not truly depressed, more like melancholy) I was after finishing a good book, and needing somehow to play or write it out, but it helped me more to just accept that the story's done for now, and yeah, there were losses in it, but it was good while it lasted.  To go through life forever thinking that no matter what you're doing, it's going to end eventually is a rotten way to live; where's the fun in it?  So yes, I went outside my self-imposed box and did something a bit different.

You know what?

It was okay.  And I'll be okay, too.  I'm not torn up inside, I'm not broken(just a little cracked, perhaps), and I've got Jesus.  It's enough.

In fact, it will always be enough.

~Fumble

Six Places

Oh, I'm getting better at this all the time; it's only been two or three months since my last post.  And I'll even finish this!

Motivation is a hard thing to live without, and I'm learning it again and again.  How many times will it take, living on the edge, making last-minute deadlines?  Well, perhaps it's not quite that bad, but procrastination is not a good thing to have to deal with.  If only I weren't somehow so in love with the rush of adrenaline that doing something the night before gives...well, I shall work on it.

Anyhow...six places!

1) Japan.  For a year.  I want to see all the seasons, experience everything I can, then have a good homecoming.  It's even looking possible, too, once I finish my 4-year degree.  I can get a job teaching English, and the rest would follow.  The main thing would be for me to get the money to fly there.  It's kind of scary when something that's just been a hazy dream begins to be able to be realized.

2) South America.  All over; all the beautiful places, the rainforest, everything.  I want to see it, firstly because it's beautiful, secondly because I want to see more of the things that God has created, and thirdly, I'd kind of like to get to know the people better.

3) Europe.  Particularly Britain, France and Spain, and Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.  They're all beautiful places, and I would travel them all, having a grand adventure and learning while I went.

4) Believe it or not...Russia.  They've got some lovely stuff, even if it is a bit chilly at times.

5) Israel.  Holy land.  'Nuff said.

6) Besides everywhere else, you mean?  Canada.  Specifically Prince Edward Island.  In the fall.  Heck, probably another year so I can see all the seasons, and get just the right amount of homesick and be grateful for my own home.

I'd like to travel many, many places.  God only knows if I'll get to see them or not, but I can dream, can't I?

If not in this life, then for sure in the New Heaven and Earth.

~Fumble